February 13, 2011
I have just re-written the maps.robertomurray.co.uk site and the first version is running. The new site uses Googlemaps API v3 and Ordnance Survey’s Openspace for the backdrop mapping and you can switch between the two easily. The current features are just to plot a point, search and display geoRSS feeds… [...]
April 1, 2010
Big day for geographers in Great Britain today – Orndance Survey launches OpenData – basically some OS datasets but without any upfront charge or continued charge through licensing. A huge milestone and change of direction for OS, albeit forced upon, as demonstrated with the press coverage such as BBC and… [...]
March 29, 2010
I am always amazed at the regular new features added to the Google maps API – this one is no different and something I have been keenly waiting for: Elevation data. As described here, this data is available via the Google maps API v3 or its own dedicated service. Incredibly… [...]
February 21, 2010
An example of a software giant entering a market with ‘free’ software and essestially totally disrupting it is the recent announcement that Google Maps Navigation is out for the Android devices – for free. The market for mobile navigation, be it for cars, off road leisure users or pedestrians has… [...]
October 29, 2009
I think its more like reaching out and and also hitting you at the same time. I’m talking about plans and indeed actions around making public sector data freely available to not just web developers to build innovative and useful applications but anyone in general who wants to find out… [...]
July 13, 2009
You may notice now that when using Google Maps on your desktop computer you have a new feature called My Location (in the control panel). This is exactly that, click on the blank icon and Google Maps will attempt to find your physical location using the W3C Geolocation API which… [...]
February 20, 2009
Quite a good website showing panorama views from places such as tops of mountains here called Hey, what’s that? Also shows contours and visibility. I’m looking at how steep Kilimanjaro is and pleased I made it recently!
January 18, 2009
When you now plan a route using Google Transit you will be offered/shown London Underground (and indeed many other cities’ subways) routes. Google Transit is alternative to the standard Google Maps product, instead giving directions using public transport. This is the only site to show the underground as a ‘layer’… [...]
February 5, 2008
I’ve been playing around with a little something I think will be huge in the future; Geo-Tagging photos. This is (sometimes called geo-coding) recording the GPS location data of where the photo was taken to the actual image file. Some of the cameras coming onto the market in Japan, etc… [...]